Question for the lucky handful with the book

[Nightshade]

Originally Posted by Atgxtg

Ah, but since a parry success bumbs the crti down to a special, bring it down to a miss is doable. Spend 14 MPs or play tent peg? Either way a no brainer!

Note what I said I was using it for; RQ3/4 parries didn't reduce quality of attack; they just threw a piece of something in the way. While better than nothing, that's not always enough, especially if whatever it was had taken a bit of a pounding.